Category Manager & Senior Operations Category Manager – Multiple Vacancies

Category Manager & Senior Operations Category Manager - Multiple VacanciesOperations Procurement | Digital | Indirect | Strategic Sourcing | Category ManagementLocation: West London (Hybrid)Salary: Category Manager: 55,000-62,000 + 10% bonus and attractive benefitsSalary: Senior Operations Category Manager: Up to 78,000 + 5,000 car allowance, bonus up to 25%, private medical and attractive benefitsAre you looking for your next step in procurement, with the opportunity to take ownership of important categories and contribute to one of the largest investment programmes in the UK utilities sector? A leading UK utilities organisation is continuing to invest in and expand its procurement function, creating multiple opportunities across Operations, Digital and Indirect procurement, alongside more senior positions within Operations. With significant investment across the business and increased focus from senior leadership, this is an exciting time to join a function with ambitious plans and a growing influence on commercial decision-making.The organisation is embarking on its most ambitious investment programme in over 100 years, creating a substantial pipeline of procurement activity and an opportunity to make a tangible difference to the supply chains supporting essential services for millions of customers. Procurement is playing an increasingly important role in delivering these plans, with a clear commitment to strengthening capability, improving commercial performance and building a more influential function.Multiple Category Manager Opportunities - Operations, Digital & Indirect… These positions are suited to ambitious procurement professionals looking to take the next step in their careers, whether you're an established Category Manager or a Senior Buyer ready to take on your first category management position. With opportunities across Operations, Digital and Indirect spend, you'll have the chance to develop your category expertise, broaden your commercial exposure and take greater ownership within a growing procurement team.As a Category Manager, you will:Develop and deliver category strategies, taking ownership of assigned spend areas, developing sourcing strategies that reflect business requirements and deliver sustainable value.Lead sourcing and negotiations, managing procurement projects end-to-end from initial requirements gathering and market engagement through to tendering, negotiation and contract award.Identify commercial opportunities through expenditure analysis, benchmarking supplier markets and challenging existing arrangements.Build and manage supplier relationships, monitoring performance and driving service improvements.Influence stakeholder decisions through effectively understanding requirements, challenging existing approaches and bringing procurement into commercial conversations earlier.Senior Operations Category Manager Opportunities… For more experienced procurement professionals, there are also opportunities to join the Operations team as a Senior Category Manager, taking the lead on strategically important and complex operational categories. These positions offer greater levels of ownership, senior stakeholder exposure and responsibility for shaping commercial strategy across critical operational supply chains.As a Senior Operations Category Manager, you will:Shape operational category strategies, setting long-term commercial direction and influencing procurement priorities across strategically important operational spend.Lead complex sourcing and negotiations, taking ownership of high-value procurement projects, navigating challenging requirements and securing commercially competitive outcomes.Manage critical supplier relationships, addressing commercial and operational challenges, strengthening supplier accountability and ensuring delivery against business expectations.Influence senior business decisions, acting as a trusted commercial adviser to senior stakeholders, challenging established thinking and shaping wider business priorities.Strengthen supply chain resilience, identifying and managing risks across critical operational supply chains to protect continuity and support long-term business requirements.What They're Looking For… For the Category Manager positions, we're looking for procurement professionals with strategic sourcing and category management experience, ideally having independently managed a category for at least 12 months. Senior Buyers with strong end-to-end sourcing experience and the ambition to step up will also be considered. Relevant category exposure could include Operations, Engineering, Digital, Technology or Indirect spend.For the Senior Operations Category Manager positions, you'll need a stronger track record of leading complex category strategies, high-value sourcing projects and strategic supplier relationships, ideally within utilities, infrastructure, engineering or similarly complex operational environments.Across all roles, you'll bring strong commercial awareness, analytical skills and the confidence to influence stakeholders, challenge existing approaches and identify opportunities. A proactive, curious and commercially driven mindset is key.Why Join? Join a procurement function receiving significant investment and senior leadership backing, with an expanding pipeline of strategic projects and genuine scope to develop your career. Whether you're stepping into your first Category Manager role or bringing established senior experience, you'll have the opportunity to take on greater responsibility and make a lasting impact across the organisation.Interested? With multiple vacancies across different categories and experience levels, we'd be keen to understand your background and discuss which opportunity could be the right fit.For further information or to apply, email your CV to Maria at jobsMC@bramwith.com